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Feb 25 2020

Sharecare has a vision, or is it a hallucination, and acquired Visualize Health.  The former is the ubiquitous digital health engagement platform and the latter helps providers catch gaps in care that are called for by quality measures.

https://www.mobihealthnews.com/news/sharecare-acquires-visualize-health
Feb 25 2020

Health Catalyst, the publicly-held vendor of data warehousing and analytics services for providers, is acquiring Able Health, which automates the calculation of certain quality and other measures, for $27 million.

https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/health-catalyst-acquires-able-health-27-million
Feb 25 2020

Carevive, a provider of some kind of an app to help oncology centers provide care plans to patients, raised an undisclosed amount of additional capital.

https://www.carevive.com/carevive-raises-new-financing-round-with-philips-and-debiopharm-to-accelerate-advances-in-cancer-care-delivery/
Feb 25 2020

HealthJoy, which offers a virtual assistant chatbot to help consumers use their health benefits effectively, happily raises $30 million more in capital.

https://medcitynews.com/2020/02/benefits-assistance-startup-healthjoy-raises-30m/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=83838254&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_GcXdWvuzRV0txW7v1M923bWaVAItxlvKD2Lf8zX-_9aNxDANgi6rWMPZsQosHcizCbyB1B1Dj_RUiquq_MvkW_KqmUdOjaoX-H-L276Ykh3FrHgs&_hsmi=83838254&rf=1
Feb 21 2020

Cloudbreak Health, which offers telemedicine with language translations, provides a ray of sunshine for investors, raising $10 million in new financing.

https://www.cloudbreak.us/2020/02/20/cloudbreak-10m-growth-investment/
Feb 20 2020

Maven Clinic, which basically is a women's health telemedicine firm, has raised another $45 million in capital.

https://medcitynews.com/2020/02/maven-clinic-raises-45m-for-womens-health/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=83638501&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8wTOGvNcOdaZP4KGnLq0FBPC2a6EuWbO_ru-j-zoZCBozo3ZsDPqlVIv9SAjErscaZEM2UyBqcDdA07uLl_LEPBmcuGc29LxjuIawHMUaIabO_0Qk&_hsmi=83638501&rf=1
Feb 19 2020

CareSignal, formerly known as ePharmix, has raised an undisclosed amount of financing for its remote patient monitoring business.

https://www.mdjonline.com/neighbor_newspapers/extra/news/caresignal-raises-strategic-investment-from-osf-ventures-unitypoint-health-ventures/article_cc618e4f-6d83-504f-b134-72772ea88482.html
Feb 12 2020

Twistle, which helps health systems automate education and care communications with patients, finalized a round of $18 million in new capital.

https://www.biospace.com/article/releases/twistle-adds-providence-saint-joseph-health-and-christianacare-to-investment-syndicate-to-complete-an-18m-financing-round/
Feb 12 2020

Inato, which matches investigative sites and patients with clinical trials, garners $14 million in a financing round.

https://www.outsourcing-pharma.com/Article/2020/02/10/Inato-seals-14m-investment-round
Feb 12 2020

Spring Health blossoms with a round of $22 million in capital for its mental health analytics and telehealth platform.

https://www.builtinnyc.com/2020/01/29/spring-health-raises-22m
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Kevin RocheThe Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.

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